The Thief of Bagdad
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Time Out says
A delightful hocus-pocus of colour, dashing adventure, and special effects, this Korda-produced epic for grown-up kids is basically Star Wars meets The Arabian Nights with its plot of an all-seeing eye stolen from a Tibetan temple. The highlight has to be the genie (Ingram) who escapes from the bottle, though Sabu the elephant boy lends just that dash of imperialist sentiment to lift it into camp. Magical, classically entertaining, and now revalued by Hollywood moguls Lucas and Coppola, it was made fitfully in Britain during the World War II Blitz (but completed in Hollywood) by a team of directors spearheaded by the remarkable Powell. DMacp.Author: DMacp
Release details
UK release:
1940
Duration:
106 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies, Alexander Korda
Cast:
Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson, Morton Selten, Mary Morris, Bruce Winston, Hay Petrie, Adelaide Hall, Roy Emerton, Allan Jeayes, Glynis Johns, Conrad Veidt
Production Designer:
Vincent Korda, Fred Pusey, Ferdinand Bellan, backgrounds W Percy Day, William Cameron Menzies
Songs:
Music:
Producer:
Screenwriter:
Miles Malleson, scenario Lajos Biró
Cinematography:
Georges Périnal, Osmond Borradaile
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